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additional
     1. adj. Supplemental or added to something.
     2. n. Something added.
flooring
     1. n. A floor.
     2. n. A material used to make floors.
     3. n. (sports) The act of putting one's opponent on the floor; a knockdown.
     4. v. present participle of floor
     floor
          1. n. The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
                The room has a wooden floor.
          2. n. Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).
          3. n. The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
                Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.
                The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home.
                The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been.
          4. n. A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
          5. n. The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
                Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten.
          6. n. A storey/story of a building.
                For years we lived on the third floor.
          7. n. In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
          8. n. Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
                Will the senator from Arizona yield the floor?
                The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor.
          9. n. (nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
          10. n. (mining) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
          11. n. (mining) A horizontal, flat ore body.
          12. n. (mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
                The floor of 4.5 is 4.
          13. n. (gymnastics) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.
          14. n. (gymnastics) A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
          15. n. (finance) A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.
          16. n. A dance floor.
          17. n. The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition
          18. v. To cover or furnish with a floor.
                floor a house with pine boards
          19. v. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
          20. v. (driving, slang) To accelerate rapidly.
          21. v. To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
                floor an opponent
          22. v. To amaze or greatly surprise.
                We were floored by his confession.
          23. v. (colloquial) To finish or make an end of.
                floor a college examination
          24. v. (mathematics) To set a lower bound.
laid
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of lay
     2. adj. (of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.
     lay
          1. v. To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
                to lay a book on the table;   to lay a body in the grave
                A shower of rain lays the dust.
                  A corresponding intransitive version of this word is lie.
          2. v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to subside or abate.
          3. v. To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
          4. v. To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
                lay brick;  lay flooring
          5. v. To produce and deposit an egg.
          6. v. To bet (that something is or is not the case).
                I'll lay that he doesn't turn up on Monday.
          7. v. To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
          8. v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
          9. v. (nautical) To take a position; to come or go.
                to lay forward;  to lay aloft
          10. v. (legal) To state; to allege.
                to lay the venue
          11. v. (military) To point; to aim.
                to lay a gun
          12. v. (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
                to lay a cable or rope
          13. v. (printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
          14. v. (printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
          15. v. To apply; to put.
          16. v. To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
                to lay a tax on land
          17. v. To impute; to charge; to allege.
          18. v. To present or offer.
                to lay an indictment in a particular county;   to lay a scheme before one
          19. n. Arrangement or relationship; layout.
                the lay of the land
          20. n. A share of the profits in a business.
          21. n. A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
          22. n. The direction a rope is twisted.
                Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.
          23. n. (colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
                What was I, just another lay you can toss aside as you go on to your next conquest?
          24. n. (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
          25. n. (slang) A plan; a scheme.
          26. n. (qualifier) the laying of eggs.
                The hens are off the lay at present.
          27. n. (obsolete) A layer.
          28. n. A lake.
          29. adj. Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
          30. adj. Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
                They seemed more lay than clerical.
                a lay preacher; a lay brother
          31. adj. (obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
          32. v. simple past tense of lie when pertaining to position.
                The baby lay in its crib and slept silently.
          33. v. (proscribed) To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).
          34. n. A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
          35. n. (obsolete) A meadow; a lea.
          36. n. (obsolete) A law.
          37. n. (obsolete) An obligation; a vow.
          38. v. (Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
          39. v. cln, en, causative verbs, irregular verbs, terms with multiple etymologies, three-letter words
over
     1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded.
           The show is over.
     2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
           Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting.
           Let me think that over.
           I'm going to look over our department's expenses.
     3. adv. To an excessive degree; overly.
     4. adv. From an upright position to being horizontal.
           He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out.
           That building just fell over!
           He bent over to touch his toes.
     5. adv. Horizontally; left to right or right to left.
           Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other.
           I moved over to make room for him to sit down.
     6. adv. From one position or state to another.
           Please pass that over to me.
           He came over to our way of thinking on the new project.
           Come over and play!
           I'll bring over a pizza.
     7. adv. Overnight (throughout the night).
           We stayed over at Grandma's.
           Can I sleep over?
     8. adv. (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
           I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over.
     9. adv. (procedure word, military) a procedure word meaning that a station is finished transmitting and is expecting a response.
           Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over.
           Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over.
     10. n. (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
     11. n. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
     12. prep. Physical positioning.
     13. prep.          On top of; above; higher than; further up.
                   Hold the sign up over your head.   climb up the ladder and look over the roof
     14. prep.          Across or spanning.
                   There is a bridge over the river.
     15. prep.          In such a way as to cover.
                   drape the fabric over the table;  there is a roof over the house
     16. prep.          From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
                   The dog jumped over the fence.
                   I'll go over the fence first and then help you.
                   Let's walk over the hill to get there.
     17. prep. By comparison.
     18. prep.          More than; to a greater degree.
                   I prefer the purple over the pink.
     19. prep.          Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far.
                   I think I’m over my limit for calories for today.
     20. prep.          (in certain collocations) As compared to.
                   Sales are down this quarter over last.
     21. prep. Indicating relative status, authority, or power
           The owner's son lorded over the experienced managers.
           The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom.
     22. prep. (mathematics) Divided by.
           four over two equals two over one
     23. prep. (poker) (Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.)
           9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes
     24. prep. Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
           We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great.
           I am over my cold and feel great again.
           I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it your annoyance with the referee's decision.
           She is finally over the distress of losing her job.
           He is finally over his distress over the loss of the relationship with his ex-girlfriend.
     25. prep. While using, especially while consuming.
     26. prep. Concerning or regarding.
           The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best.
     27. prep. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
           We triumphed over difficulties.
           The bill was passed over the veto.
           It was a fine victory over their opponents.
     28. interj. In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply.
           How do you receive? Over!
     29. n. (rare, dialectal, or obsolete) A shore, riverbank.
           The sea's over.
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
floor
     1. n. The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
           The room has a wooden floor.
     2. n. Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).
     3. n. The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
           Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor.
           The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home.
           The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been.
     4. n. A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
     5. n. The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
           Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten.
     6. n. A storey/story of a building.
           For years we lived on the third floor.
     7. n. In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
     8. n. Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
           Will the senator from Arizona yield the floor?
           The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor.
     9. n. (nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
     10. n. (mining) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
     11. n. (mining) A horizontal, flat ore body.
     12. n. (mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
           The floor of 4.5 is 4.
     13. n. (gymnastics) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.
     14. n. (gymnastics) A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
     15. n. (finance) A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.
     16. n. A dance floor.
     17. n. The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition
     18. v. To cover or furnish with a floor.
           floor a house with pine boards
     19. v. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
     20. v. (driving, slang) To accelerate rapidly.
     21. v. To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
           floor an opponent
     22. v. To amaze or greatly surprise.
           We were floored by his confession.
     23. v. (colloquial) To finish or make an end of.
           floor a college examination
     24. v. (mathematics) To set a lower bound.
to
     1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
           I want to leave.
           He asked me what to do.
           I don’t know how to say it.
           I have places to go and people to see.
     2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
           "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
           If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
     3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
           I have to do laundry today.
     4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
           We are walking to the shop.
     5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
           He devoted himself to education.
           They drank to his health.
     6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
           His face was beaten to a pulp.
     7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
           similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
     8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
           With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   t
     9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
           one to one = 1:1
           ten to one = 10:1.
           I have ten dollars to your four.
     10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
           Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
           Three to the power of two is nine.
           Three to the second is nine.
     11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
           I gave the book to him.
     12. prep. (time) Preceding.
           ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
     13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
           Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
           There's a lot of sense to what he says.
     14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
           Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
     15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
           Please push the door to.
     16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
     17. adv. misspelling of too
bring
     1. v. To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
           Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.
     2. v. (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.
           The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing.
     3. v. To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
     4. v. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
     5. v. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
           What does coal bring per ton?
     6. v. (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
           The closer Jones can really bring it.
     7. interj. The sound of a telephone ringing.
     8. interj. cln, en, basic words, irregular verbs, onomatopoeias
it
     1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.
           Put it over there.
           Take each day as it comes.
           I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.
     2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.
           She took the baby and held it in her arms.
     3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
           It's me. John.
           Is it her?
     4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
           It is nearly 10 o’clock.
           It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five.
           It’s very cold today.
           It’s lonely without you.
     5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.
           stick it out
           live it up
           rough it
     6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i
           It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see)
           I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
           It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing)
           He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
           It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if)
     7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more.
           Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
           That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
     8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.
     9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what.
     10. det. (obsolete) its
     11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
     12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
           In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
     13. n. (British) The game of tag.
           Let's play it at breaktime.
     14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.
     15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity.
           caught them doing it
     16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable.
up
     1. adv. Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
           I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
     2. adv. (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state Thoroughly, completely.
           I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
           Tear up the contract.
           He really messed up.
           Please type up our monthly report.
     3. adv. To or from one's possession or consideration.
           I picked up some milk on the way home.
           The committee will take up your request.
           She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
     4. adv. North.
           I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
     5. adv. To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
           Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
           Turn it up, I can barely hear it.
           Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
           Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.
     6. adv. (rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
     7. adv. (sailing) Against the wind or current.
     8. adv. (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
     9. adv. (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
           The bowler pitched the ball up.
     10. adv. (hospitality, US) Without additional ice.
           Would you like that drink up or on ice?
     11. adv. (academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
           She's going up to read Classics this September.
     12. adv. To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
           I was up to my chin in water.
           A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
     13. adv. To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
           Drink up. The pub is closing.
           Can you sum up your research?
           The comet burned up in the atmosphere.
           I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
     14. adv. Aside, so as not to be in use.
           to lay up riches; put up your weapons
     15. prep. Toward the top of.
           The cat went up the tree.   They walk up the steps.
     16. prep. Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
           The information made its way up the chain of command to the general.   I felt something crawling up my arm.
     17. prep. Further along (in any direction).
           Go up the street until you see the sign.
     18. prep. From south to north of
     19. prep. From the mouth towards the source (of a river or waterway).
     20. prep. (vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.
           Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.
     21. prep. (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more remote from a central location).
     22. adj. Awake.
           I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.
     23. adj. Finished, to an end
           Time is up!
     24. adj. In a good mood.
           I’m feeling up today.
     25. adj. Willing; ready.
           If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
     26. adj. Next in a sequence.
           Smith is up to bat.
     27. adj. Happening; new.
           What is up with that project at headquarters?
     28. adj. Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
           Put the notebook face up on the table.
           Take a break and put your feet up.
     29. adj. Larger; greater in quantity.
           Sales are up from last quarter.
     30. adj. Ahead; leading; winning.
           The home team were up by two goals at half-time.
     31. adj. Standing.
           Get up and give her your seat.
     32. adj. On a higher level.
           The new ground is up.
     33. adj. Available; made public.
           The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
     34. adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
           AAKK = aces up
           QQ33 = queens up
     35. adj. Well-informed; current.
           I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
     36. adj. (computing) Functional; working.
           Is the server back up?
     37. adj. (anchor, Adj_railway)(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
           The London train is on the up line.
     38. adj. Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
     39. adj. (bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
           A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.
     40. adj. (slang) Erect.
     41. adj. (of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
     42. adj. (slang) well-known; renowned
     43. n. The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
           Up is a good way to go.
     44. n. A positive thing.
           I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
     45. n. An upstairs room of a two story house.
           She lives in a two-up two-down.
     46. v. (transitive, colloquial) To increase or raise.
           If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
           We upped anchor and sailed away.
     47. v. (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
           It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
     48. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
to
     1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
           I want to leave.
           He asked me what to do.
           I don’t know how to say it.
           I have places to go and people to see.
     2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
           "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
           If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
     3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
           I have to do laundry today.
     4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
           We are walking to the shop.
     5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
           He devoted himself to education.
           They drank to his health.
     6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
           His face was beaten to a pulp.
     7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
           similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
     8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
           With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   t
     9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
           one to one = 1:1
           ten to one = 10:1.
           I have ten dollars to your four.
     10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
           Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
           Three to the power of two is nine.
           Three to the second is nine.
     11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
           I gave the book to him.
     12. prep. (time) Preceding.
           ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
     13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
           Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
           There's a lot of sense to what he says.
     14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
           Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
     15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
           Please push the door to.
     16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
     17. adv. misspelling of too
some
     1. pron. A certain number, at least one.
           Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.
     2. pron. An indefinite quantity.
           Can I have some of them?
     3. pron. An indefinite amount, a part.
           please give me some of the cake;  everyone is wrong some of the time
     4. det. A certain proportion of, at least one.
           Some people like camping.
     5. det. An unspecified quantity or number of.
           Would you like some grapes?
     6. det. An unspecified amount of (something un).
           Would you like some water?
           After some persuasion, he finally agreed.
     7. det. A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
           I've just met some guy who said he knew you.
           The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v.
     8. det. A considerable quantity or number of; approximately.
           He had edited the paper for some years.
     9. det. (informal) A remarkable.
           He is some acrobat!
     10. adv. Of a measurement: approximately, roughly
           I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.
           Some 30,000 spectators witnessed the feat.
           Some 4,000 acres of land were flooded.
height
     1. n. The distance from the base of something to the top.
     2. n. The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
     3. n. The highest point or maximum degree.
           She's at the height of her career.
     4. n. A mountain, especially a very high one.
     5. n. (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
or
     1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
           In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
           He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
     2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
     3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
     4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
           It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
     5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
           The country Myanmar, or Burma
     6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
     7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
     10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
     11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
level
     1. adj. The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
           This table isn't quite level; see how this marble rolls off it?
     2. adj. At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
           We tried to hang the pictures so that the bottom of the frames were level with the dark line in the wallpaper.
     3. adj. Unvaried in frequency.
           His pulse has been level for 12 hours.
     4. adj. Unvaried in volume.
           His voice has been unchanged. It has been level for 12 hours.
     5. adj. Calm.
           He kept a level head under stress.
     6. adj. In the same position or rank.
     7. adj. Straightforward; direct; clear.
     8. adj. Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
           a level head; a level understanding
     9. adj. (phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
     10. adj. (physics) Perpendicular to a gravitational force.
           The earth's oceans remain level in relation to the pull of gravity.
     11. n. A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
           Hand me the level so I can tell if this is correctly installed.
     12. n. A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
           By the end of the day, we'd dug down to the level of the old basement floor.
     13. n. Degree or amount.
           The sound level is much too high; this hurts my ears.   We've reached a new level of success.
     14. n. Achievement or qualification.
           She achieved a high level of distinction.
     15. n. (computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
     16. n. (video games) One of several discrete segments of a game generally increasing in difficulty. Often numbered. Often, each level occupies different physical space (levels don't require any direct physic
           It took me weeks to get to level seven.   Watch out for the next level; the bad guys there are really overpowered.
     17. n. (role-playing games, video games) A numeric value that quantifies a character's experience and power.
           My half-orc barbarian reached fifth level before he was squashed by a troll.
     18. n. A floor of a multi-storey building.
           Take the elevator and get off at the promenade level.
     19. n. (British) An area of almost perfectly flat land.
     20. n. (Singapore, education) A school grade or year.
     21. v. To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
           You can level the table by turning the pads that screw into the feet.
     22. v. To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
           The hurricane leveled the forest.
     23. v. (RPG, video games) To progress to the next level.
           I levelled after defeating the dragon.
     24. v. To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
           He levelled an accusation of fraud at the directors.  The hunter levels the gun before taking a shot.
     25. v. To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone).
     26. v. (sports) To make the score of a game equal.
     27. v. (figurative) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
           to level all the ranks and conditions of men
     28. v. To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
           to level remarks to the capacity of children
     29. v. (usually with "with") To speak honestly and openly with.
           I tried to level with them, but they just wouldn't listen.
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